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Musee d’Orsay
02
Jan
,

Evening with the Cat

Every woman dreams of the large ginger cat to escort her to the ball. Famous French artist James Tissot chose Us as a model to embody this sweet fantasy in his masterpiece: The lady-model chose her dress to compliment Our magnificent furs. If you look at the commonly known...
12
Sep
,

Cats are the true overlords

Cats are the true overlords, it is obvious nowadays, but was not in 1857, when nobody knew about the Internet and when Jean-François Millet completed his famous painting “The Gleaners”. The painting caused a lot of controversy at the time, because it showed peasants not working...
19
Aug
,

Julie Manet with the Cat

Every girl dreams about being cuddled by a huge cat! So did Julie Manet, when genius Pierre-Auguste Renoir created her famous portrait. But at the time her kitty was so small, he was actually a kitten. Julie picked him up him on her knees and, while the artist painted her, she...
08
Mar
,

Cats are a girl’s best friends

Cats are a girl’s best friends – who can doubt it! Today We reveal the true version of the masterpiece “Birth of Venus” by Alexandre Cabanel: Dear ladies, be happy and creative, and your cats always will support you! Just compare this true version to a...
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10
Nov
,

Pas de chat – dance like a fat cat!

Do you know why classical ballet glossary contains a lot of names of jumps with the word «cat» («chat» in French): pas de chat, enter-chat? That is because We used to be a famous ballet teacher in France 19th century, and great Edgar Degas painted Us in his magnificent «The...
07
Mar
,

Cats and flowers

Do cats like flowers? We, Zarathustra the Cat, answer this question showing the original version of Edouard Manet’s masterpiece  Olympia: The answer is: Cats prefer king prawns or Cats prefer raw meat It is more eloquent that commonly known version of the masterpiece...
07
Jun
,

Whistler’s Mother and the Cat

Speaking about America, we decided to reveal to the public the original version of the most famous Whistler’s painting: Whistler originally envisioned painting the model standing up, but



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